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Olway from lis noisv mirth and alare 
be obnstmas-tide serenely smiles 

fe?n country scenes, surpassing fair, 
Pields and woodlands stretching wide, 

In boundless | reedom far and near, 
brenerous roads and b l 9b wa Y s broad, 

bo narrow ways of c re; 

rtatune s great heart of its store 

Preely aives, begrudging naught, 
Llimits not. nor asks return. 

Where her hmdly end is sought. 



\)(/l7TI miqbtv branches far outspread, 

(iplje forest monarcbs statelv stand, 
biiftina bigb tpeir snow-crowned beads 

In proud survey of all tpe land. 
l\ougb barbed oaf? and memory. 

lOoastina giant strength and power, 
obestnut, auaust. biab as tbev, 

W ild-cberry. vain of fairest flower. 
Ijut gentle, too, and generous all. 

In summer shade and winter store, 
bcivina gladly, for trjeir meed 

Ol sluing nothing, giving more. 



HELPING with fbeir wealth of aood 

fil! the store-house, barn and bin, 
— Ugc ? time of cold and need — 

fclno mar^e the borne more ; 
t: at logs on toe fire burn, 

Us winter evemnas longer grow : 
Wit 9 store of nuts, the children group 

Defore the f re s ruddy g 
CiL'O listen, as tbe farmer reads 

feoe well-hnown story once aaain. 
lb:, 7 , obrisl was born a little child, 

bring good-will and peace to men. 



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I IE go. lets \)&\ all. 

Koraetful, as she listens too, 

(Jnd obristmas mabt, Ion gone, 

In vision bright is come an 

n grandeu sea. 

In boasted wealth ana comfoi 
I lemm . citv wails of stone. 

With air and -J : 

Who envvs ihee thv maiesty 

Deside the humble fireside 
Where love and sweet contentment, mahe 

\J\ halo for the cbnstmas-tide ? 






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